Thursday, February 23, 2012

2012 NBA All-Star Weekend

LIVE FROM ORLANDO, FL FEB. 24-26, 2012
ANWAY CENTER

The NBA All-Star Weekend is this weekend, and there is plenty of basketball action for you to check out. I will give you a brief preview of the weekend events, from the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge (Friday), the Skills Competitions (Saturday), and the 2012 NBA All-Star Game (Sunday).

The Rookie/Sophomore Game is a little different this season. In years past the Rookies of the NBA would take on the second-year (Sophomore) guys from the league. Instead, this season's game, the players were "drafted" on two different teams mixing the rookies/sophomores up. The two guys that were selected to pick from the players pool, you guessed it Shaq (Team Shaq) and Charles Barkley (Team Chuck). This game should be fun to watch the young guys of the league show off their talents and skills. Tune in at 9 PM on TNT Friday Night to catch the action.

Team Chuck

Player

Team

Pos.

Ht.

Wt.

Home Country

Exp

MarShon Brooks

New Jersey

G-F

6-5

200

Providence/USA

R

DeMarcus Cousins

Sacramento

C

6-11

270

Kentucky/USA

1

Paul George

Indiana

G-F

6-8

215

Fresno State/USA

1

Gordon Hayward

Utah

F

6-8

210

Butler/USA

1

Kyrie Irving

Cleveland

G

6-3

191

Duke/USA

R

Kawhi Leonard

San Antonio

G-F

6-7

225

San Diego State/USA

R

Tiago Splitter

San Antonio

F-C

6-11

240

Saski Baskonia/Brazil

1

Evan Turner

Philadelphia

G-F

6-7

205

Ohio State/USA

1

John Wall

Washington

G

6-4

195

Kentucky/USA

1

Derrick Williams

Minnesota

F

6-8

241

Arizona/USA

R

Team Shaq

Player

Team

Pos.

Ht.

Wt.

Home Country

Exp

Norris Cole

Miami

G

6-2

175

Cleveland St/USA

R

Landry Fields

New York

G

6-7

210

Stanford/USA

1

Blake Griffin

L.A. Clippers

F

6-10

251

Oklahoma/USA

1

Brandon Knight

Detroit

G

6-3

189

Kentucky/USA

R

Jeremy Lin

New York

G

6-3

300

Harvard/USA

R

Greg Monroe

Detroit

C

6-11

250

Georgetown/USA

1

Markieff Morris

Phoenix

F

6-10

245

Kansas/USA

R

Ricky Rubio

Minnesota

G

6-4

180

FC Barcelona/Spain

R

Tristan Thompson

Cleveland

F

6-9

227

Texas/USA

R

Kemba Walker

Charlotte

G

6-1

172

Connecticut/USA

R

Saturday's festivities always are entertaining and allows the participates to show off their talents, while the REST of the talented NBA All-Star players sit on the sideline in their flashy swag, with that look of, "Hey! Look At Me, I'm Awesome!" You can tune in at 8 PM Saturday and catch plenty of basketball action, minus an actual game.